Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
505. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
The Wealth of Nations
506.
We ne’er can be
Made happy by compulsion.
The Three Graves
507. Physician, heal thyself.
Luke 4:23
508.
Care that is enter’d once into the breast,
Will have the whole possession, ere it rest.
Tale of a Tub (Lady Tub), Act I, Scene IV
509.
Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII
510. Nobody can deny but that religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.
Letter to the Countess of Bute, 23rd June, 1754